Bill Gates is assimilated, graces the cover of Time with an XBox 360

Time is featuring a covershot of the XBox 360 and Bill Gates. At least, it …

Major Nelson (and XBox Live bigwig) posted a bit on his blog about the appearance of Bill Gates and the XBox 360 on Time magazine's cover. MTV trainwreck aside, Microsoft is in full on buzz building mode for this product. I can't wait to see what they have going on at E3.

More importantly, it seems someone at Time has a sense of humor. Could the Borg-like picture possibly be an accident?